Today marks our last day in The Netherlands, and we all got up to have a leisurely breakfast together and reflect on the week's most fun events. We all then finished packing, checked out, and stored our luggage at the hotel so we could go on one final outing to Delft on the tram.
Although it was very grey and drizzled for most of the day, we still had a great time looking at the square, cathedrals, and shops. Delft is very beautiful! Everyone loaded up on cheese and stroopwaffles to take home, bribing Ryan and Victor to carry the goods in their lighter checked baggage. We stopped for some hot cocoa, and everyone tried some bitterballen, a delicious traditional Dutch snack which can be described as balls of breaded and fried gravy served with mustard.
Since it was cold, we stopped at another restaurant not long after to have our club lunch together before heading back to the hotel to collect our luggage, most of us having to do some repacking to stash away our souvenir loot. We were finally on the bus and headed back to the airport!
This past week has been an amazing conference, and I have been so proud to see how much all of our students have grown as chairs and delegates. I am sad that this will likely be my last THIMUN conference, but I am very pleased to know that Jane and Stephanie will carry the torch next year at M'KIS, as they have proven themselves to be incredibly capable young women. Victor might even introduce MUN to his new school in Denmark, which would be an exciting project for him! Ryan will likely have opportunities to go to some of the same conferences we've attended in Singapore next year, and if not, perhaps he too will spread MUN to his new school. Regardless, the skills and friendships they have cultivated over the past several years will last a lifetime, and I have been exceedingly proud of all of them.
- Ms Andi Januskiewicz
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